DEADLINES OR DEAD LINES!

Meeting deadlines means one is closer to the fulfillment of one's target and ultimately one's goal. The time and effort taken, collectively as well as on an individual level is humongous. Each one plays their part. A lack of enthusiasm or ideas on one's part may hinder the progress of the work as a whole. One must realise the significance and the importance of one's role in any work that is not independent but involves team work. It is at such times that I find myself under-performing or missing out on some details which by any means should not have been left out in the first place. It also at times like these that one feels the pressure more and is pressed for time, ideas to generate and words to flow smoothly. And to have a complete mental block at such times, only acts as oil to an already intensely burning fire. So, then one finds that one has to wait for the road block to move aside and a path to follow. When pressed for time and ideas, one has to compensate for the wasted unproductive time and work. How does one do that, one may ask. Simply do overtime and some more overtime.

Finishing up the work, polishing it in the morning, adding some more interesting stuff, basically editing and re-editing it again. With such meetings of the deadline at the nth hour, the best somehow falls short of being the best and the good just settles for an average. People say working such hours is not only going to affect your health which in time may lead to something more serious and unavoidable but it might become a habit too.

Few deadlines, just one or two, did the trick for me and I was already in need of some love and care. But no love or care came by way. The only thing besides getting done with the work in hand is another work on its way. To find oneself feeling a sense of deja vu is seriously not the best thing to feel, especially when it is just another beginning.

As long as you are in it, you kind of get a feeling about it. When you are out of it, you realise what a mess you had been in. Perhaps it's my time to realise what a mess it really is. Perhaps! The catch is, 'What if the outside is messier than the inside?' What then? Let's just say, let's keep it real and see what comes next.